Peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review.
Homelessness poses complex health obstacles for individuals and communities. Peer and lay health worker programs aim to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes for PEH by building trust and empowering community-based workers. The scope and breadth of peer and lay health worker pro...
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| author | Jessica Mangan Pablo Del Cid Nunez Sara Daou Graziella El-Khechen Richandi Amna Siddiqui Jonathan Wong Liz Birk-Urovitz Andrew Bond Aaron M Orkin |
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| description | Homelessness poses complex health obstacles for individuals and communities. Peer and lay health worker programs aim to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes for PEH by building trust and empowering community-based workers. The scope and breadth of peer and lay health worker programs among PEH has not been synthesized. The primary objective of this scoping review is to understand the context (setting, community, condition or disease) encompassing peer and lay health worker programs within the homelessness sector. The secondary objective is to examine the factors that either facilitate or hinder the effectiveness of peer and lay health worker programs when applied to people experiencing homelessness (PEH). We searched CINHAL, Cochrane, Web of Science Core Collection, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and MEDLINE. We conducted independent and duplicate screening of titles and abstracts, and extracted information from eligible studies including study and intervention characteristics, peer personnel characteristics, outcome measures, and the inhibitors and enablers of effective programs. We discuss how peer and lay health work programs have successfully been implemented in various contexts including substance use, chronic disease management, harm reduction, and mental health among people experiencing homelessness. These programs reported four themes of enablers (shared experiences, trust and rapport, strong knowledge base, and flexibility of role) and five themes of barriers and inhibitors (lack of support and clear scope of role, poor attendance, precarious work and high turnover, safety, and mental well-being and relational boundaries). Organizations seeking to implement these interventions should anticipate and plan around the enablers and barriers to promote program success. Further investigation is needed to understand how peer and lay health work programs are implemented, the mechanisms and processes that drive effective peer and lay health work among PEH, and to establish best practices for these programs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9a876415fc94aaaa1dbdb45cd0c06b42025-02-05T05:50:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS Global Public Health2767-33752024-01-0146e000333210.1371/journal.pgph.0003332Peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review.Jessica ManganPablo Del Cid NunezSara DaouGraziella El-Khechen RichandiAmna SiddiquiJonathan WongLiz Birk-UrovitzAndrew BondAaron M OrkinHomelessness poses complex health obstacles for individuals and communities. Peer and lay health worker programs aim to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes for PEH by building trust and empowering community-based workers. The scope and breadth of peer and lay health worker programs among PEH has not been synthesized. The primary objective of this scoping review is to understand the context (setting, community, condition or disease) encompassing peer and lay health worker programs within the homelessness sector. The secondary objective is to examine the factors that either facilitate or hinder the effectiveness of peer and lay health worker programs when applied to people experiencing homelessness (PEH). We searched CINHAL, Cochrane, Web of Science Core Collection, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and MEDLINE. We conducted independent and duplicate screening of titles and abstracts, and extracted information from eligible studies including study and intervention characteristics, peer personnel characteristics, outcome measures, and the inhibitors and enablers of effective programs. We discuss how peer and lay health work programs have successfully been implemented in various contexts including substance use, chronic disease management, harm reduction, and mental health among people experiencing homelessness. These programs reported four themes of enablers (shared experiences, trust and rapport, strong knowledge base, and flexibility of role) and five themes of barriers and inhibitors (lack of support and clear scope of role, poor attendance, precarious work and high turnover, safety, and mental well-being and relational boundaries). Organizations seeking to implement these interventions should anticipate and plan around the enablers and barriers to promote program success. Further investigation is needed to understand how peer and lay health work programs are implemented, the mechanisms and processes that drive effective peer and lay health work among PEH, and to establish best practices for these programs.https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003332&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Mangan Pablo Del Cid Nunez Sara Daou Graziella El-Khechen Richandi Amna Siddiqui Jonathan Wong Liz Birk-Urovitz Andrew Bond Aaron M Orkin Peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health |
| title | Peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review. |
| title_full | Peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review. |
| title_short | Peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review. |
| title_sort | peer and lay health work for people experiencing homelessness a scoping review |
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